Arts writer and interviewer
After 20 years as a guitarist Richard Hawley began recording his own poignant and poetic songs - and was soon hailed as one of the great singer-songwriters. Fiona Sturges meets Sheffield's native balladeer and Mercury Prize nominee. Read more...
TV writer and satirist Armando Iannucci is a giant in his field. But he's not on a political crusade, he tells Fiona Sturges. He just wants to be funny. Read more...
Cerys Matthews' musical career has been nothing if not eventful - from Britpop binges with Catatonia to redemption in the home of Country. Now, she tells Fiona Sturges, she's moving back to Wales, ready to take on the world again. Read more...
He played old-time music. She wrote stories too weird to publish. Together they became the Handsome Family, singers of black country tales. Read more...
The wild man behind The Flaming Lips really isn't mad; he's just very enthusiastic about life. Read more...
Shakira learnt belly dancing at the age of four, signed with Sony records at 13 and these days counts Gabriel Garcia Marquez among her closest friends. Fiona Sturges meets Latin America's biggest star. Read more...
You'd be hard-pushed to find a more bloodthirsty tale of betrayal and savagery than The White Devil. This contemporary reworking of John Webster's revenge tragedy, which takes in strangling, garrotting, poisoning, stabbing and shooting, comes from Brighton's newest company, Inservice Productions, formed by five local actors with stints at the National and the RSC behind them. Read more...
North America is, of course, all about the road trip, nowhere more so than in California where, if you put your foot down, you can go from balmy beaches to snow-capped mountains to unrelenting desert in the space of a day. But there's a lot to be said for staying within the speed limit and really looking at the landscape. The Pacific Coast Highway between Los Angeles and San Francisco is one of the most stunning drives in the world, taking you out of the city and deep into the wilderness, with the ocean glistening over your shoulder. Read more...
Brian Eno's reputation as the egghead of contemporary music precedes him. But while he can explain the links between architecture and doo-wop, he doesn't have a clue how to write a hit. Read more...
For 30 years, Lemmy has been famous as the bourbon-swillin', fast-talkin' frontman of Motorhead, the world's loudest band. And it's not just an act, as Fiona Sturges discovers when she met him at his local in LA Read more...
Fiona is a writer and interviewer who has worked for a wide range of publications in the UK and beyond for more than 10 years, including The Independent, The Evening Standard, The Observer and The Scotsman. She has also been a guest on BBC radio's Front Row and The Verb. She lives in Brighton with her husband, daughter and two cats.
